Chapter 148 - 148. Harem (1)

"Blanc, I... Got a confession."

"Why are you so proud of yourself after calling a busy person?

She, who had a position that would not be ignored anywhere, as the head of the southern branch of the continent's best information guild, the Black Hand, was listening to the love concerns of a girl younger than herself.

It was nerve-wracking, but Blanc didn't hate it.

Even for Blanc, who has watched her all kinds of human groups, Eisel was a very mysterious person, so it was difficult to predict even with his excellent observational power.

Is it some kind of entertainment?

So, even though she was busy, she always came to visit when Eisel called.

As a bonus, I also wanted to get information on the inside of Innocence Academy, which has a closed structure.

Eisel immediately shook her head vigorously at Blanc's sullen reaction.

"That's not it...!"

"Well, maybe..."

"I-I received a... Confession... From Jeto."

After that, Eisel buried her burning face into her cold desk.

Still, the heat on her face did not cool down.

"What did you say? No, how else?"

After hearing her tempting story, Blanc hurriedly grabs Eisel's shoulder and shakes her.

"It just happened to be... I heard you like it."

Eisel poked her head out between her prostrate arms and she recalled the day's events.

Because the story isn't over yet.

Because I had no intention of leaving it like this.

She grabbed Jetto.

Jeto, who was caught on the side of a deserted road, was not an illusion at all.

So even the words he spewed out were not fantasy, but reality. Even so, Eisel couldn't believe this situation.

'I like you.'

In her ears, Jeto's voice, as if he had just heard it, shimmered very vividly.

Eisel was so happy that she wondered if she was having a sweet dream.

She had already tugged at her cheeks countless times, and her reddened cheeks made her look tingly.

Then Blanc sorts out the situation step by step.

"Well... Since you've even dated, I don't think there's anything strange about it, but... Is that why you started dating?"

"Romantic relationship...?"

Eisel frowns at her.

In response, Blanc asks back as if it were absurd.

"What did you say?"

"I couldn't... Say anything..."

"Izel then what did you do?"

"It... Ran away..."

It was Aizel who had become too shy to even look at Zeto's face, and chose to run away from her because her whole body tickled.

"..."

"Why...? Did something go wrong...?"

Eisel slightly weeps at Blanc's meaningful silence.

Wasn't it okay to run away?

Would Jeto be disappointed?

Eisel's current condition was like a raging sea of ​​raging waves, and she could not control her emotions.

"Haa... Eisel, maybe I like you?"

"..."

Eisel lowered her head.

Love was too difficult for a regressor.

After meeting love for the first time in my life, I was full of emotions that I had never experienced before, and I didn't even know the basics of how to deal with a situation like this.

Blanc scratches her cheek.

She was a child who was so clumsy with emotions, so thoughts were running through her head that it could be like this, and that it must be because it was the first time she had fallen in love with her.

"I wonder if that liking has a different meaning..."

As Blanc continues to say that, Eisel shakes her head.

"It wasn't like that."

Eisel was worried about that too.

The reason she was worried was that the Jeto she knew was a kind and sweet person, but it seemed too far-fetched to think that she was interested in the opposite sex.

Even if being good means being good as a friend, or as a person to person, it would be frustrating.

However, it has already been confirmed that this is not the case.

That was also the trigger for Aizel to run away from her.

"...That's fortunate. With this, she can lift her curse herself."

Blanc strokes Eisel's back and comforts him.

She had already heard about Zeto's curse from Eisel.

The curse supposedly lurking in Jeto's chest was a fairly unique method of 'kissing a loved one', but according to Blanc's investigation, there really was such a curse.

Furthermore, since it had to be seen as a situation in which the saintess herself had driven her nails in, she had long since passed the stage of doubting whether or not it was a curse.

But she had to be careful with the word 'beloved'.

"Still, liking and loving are different."

"It's different."

"What specifically is different?"

"Um, I guess normal people are divided into before and after dating. But that's really just words... The difference between likeability and love..."

It was a bit of a difficult question for Blanc as well.

"In this case, should we say that the curse divides the standard... Then, a relationship that is only words will not be established naturally... At least sincerity is required... Since you are truly in love..."

Blanc muttered in her anguish, stretching her words at length.

In order to gauge when to try Haeju, and to avoid 'misunderstandings', it was better to have a clear standard.

However, there could be no clear standard for such a complicated emotion called love.

"Hmm..."

The answer seldom comes.

At that time, Eisel asks Blanc indirectly.

"For example... He could die for that person...?"

It's death

It was an expression that went too far, inappropriate to use as a standard.

"...Well, yes. At that level, love must be love..."

Blanc, who was at the end of her words, nodded her head once.

For in general, death would not be chosen for the sake of a person for whom one was simply likable.

"...But that shouldn't be the standard. There's no way to check if I can die for you... And even if there is such a way, you shouldn't do that."

"..."

Blanc made that judgment, but Eisel thought differently.

That would be the case too... Zeto had died for Eisel's sake.

For Eisel, a regressor who couldn't die even if he died, death was never something light to other people.

Only then did Aizel's question be answered.

Why did Jeto die in her place?

'At that time, Zeto... Must have been in love with me...'

There was only that.

The regressor, who came to realize the emotion of love, albeit belatedly, was finally able to understand everything.

Eisel himself had the same thought that he could risk death for Zeto.

Although it couldn't have much meaning because she was a regressor of hers... It was definitely love.

Anyway, Jeto's death for Eisel's sake happened in the last episode.

I don't know what it will be like now.

But I got the hang of it.

It is a situation where Jeto, who already had her 'existence' who loved her once, confessed to her that he likes her...

...It seemed like it would not be long before the curse was carved into Zeto's heart.

That fact alone gave Eisel a satisfied smile.

It was a blissful day.

***

Meanwhile, Jeto, who had once again whispered love to Eisel, hurriedly returned to the dormitory to find Zeppetti.

Arriving at the dormitory, Zeto left Sierra in the room for a while and went up to the roof with Zeppetti to talk closely.

"...So, Zeto-sama wants to ask if it's normal for him to like multiple women at once, or if he's a human scum that's unique in the world."

"Yes...?"

It was Zeppetti who, in a short time, had a fairly human vocabulary.

"I suspect that the 'crown' may have had an influence in the process."

"We need Zepetty's objective judgment."

Jeto, who had been adjusting the blindfold around his eyes for no reason, nodded his head.

"Then, I'd like to ask Jeto-sama the opposite, but if you feel that such an idea is wrong, isn't it a matter of choosing one woman?"

"That's right, but..."

"It's something you can't give up. To Zeto-sama, all of them are precious."

"..."

Jeto was speechless.

As she said, everyone was equally precious.

"Summarizing, it seems correct that this phenomenon was caused by the 'crown.' In the process, I became confused while thinking about the existence of others."

"Because it's weird."

"Why is it strange?"

"That's right... Ordinary love is between two people..."

"I'm sure you don't know about polygamy. As a result of my analysis, I found that the women around you have a crush on you. Will you get rid of them all?"

"You have a crush on me?"

Jeto asked in an absurd voice, as if what he was saying all of a sudden.

"..."

Zepetty, who had become quite human at this, tried to let out her sigh, but managed to hold it back.

"...It's natural. It can be seen as a female's extremely instinctive movement to obtain the superior male's genes. In fact, even without a detailed analysis, I think an ordinary person would have noticed it right away. ... It's because you belong to the ignorant side. This is also considered to be a problem with the crown... But since you realized this late, why don't you slowly look back on what happened with the women yourself."

"It's what happened..."

Jeto followed Zeppetti's words and looked back on the things he had been involved with women.

At the time, I used to go over it without incident, but looking back now, there were a lot of things I wanted to show my liking for.

But, if there is a problem, there are many of them. Besides, they were all people he valued.

"...What do we do?"

Zeto, who looked over the past, became more confused.

Then, Zepetty with a nonchalant look gave a short answer.

"It's simple. All you have to do is embrace it."

"Hold everything...?"

"You said that Jeto's purpose is to have a happy ending for those dear to you. But if the precious person who has a heart for Jeto doesn't receive Jeto's choice... Can that person really be happy?"

"...I don't think you'll be happy."

I had to see that it was never possible to be happy if the person I liked was connected to someone else.

"As long as Jeto's purpose does not change, there is no other option for Jeto. So, the only option is to accept it. I, Zepetty, strongly recommend this. Anyway, for the continuation of mankind, Jeto needs more offspring. You need to give birth to."

"...Is it from Zeppetti's point of view?"

Zeto's trembling reaction, which had not yet reached the 'descendant', continued.

Undeterred by this, Zeppetti steadfastly continues to speak.

"Furthermore... A transcendent being called 'God' wants Zeto to become 'King'. Even a king whose meaning is unknown is a situation in which a divine being is making such a claim. And the king has several women It doesn't seem strange to me. Maybe because I was already on the way to becoming a king, I might have subconsciously thought of embracing them all. Isn't it quite a royal thought to embrace them all?"

"Ummm..."

Jetto, whose head was complicated, threw his head back and let out a drool.

There was nothing in Zeppetti's lengthy explanation that he could deny.

Why did it become like this?

Is it all the 'eyepatch' fault?

The exact reason is unknown, but Jetto didn't want them to be unhappy anyway.

"...As you said, there doesn't seem to be a choice."

Zeto eventually agreed.

It was the only way to make them happy.

He declared.

I will hold them all

"By the way... Now maybe it's good?"

However, it was Jetto who did not particularly remember the process.

"It's good that Jeto's awareness has improved, but if the biggest problem remains, it's that we need to make women understand Jeto's sharing. After all, they want Jeto to only look at them. This is also It's a perfectly normal reaction."

"I guess so. But no matter how hard I try, I just think that nothing good will happen... Is this right...?"

Sierra's reaction immediately showed this.

After making up her mind to embrace everything, Jeto's head became more complicated as if his head would explode.

On the other hand, Ze Petty, thinking that everything was going according to her plan, smiled happily and opened his mouth.

"I have a good plan, would you like to hear it?"